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Zimbabwe Police Re-Charge Four Journalists Voice of America, August 16, 2001 Zimbabwe police have filed new charges against four journalists one day after they were released from charges found to be unconstitutional. The police charged three editors and one reporter from the independent Daily News late Thursday for publishing what authorities say is subversive material. The four originally were charged with allegedly publishing false material in Tuesday's front-page article implicating the police in raids on white-owned farms. The courts threw out the original charges because they were based on the Law and Order Maintenance Act, which has been deemed unconstitutional. The new charges are based on a separate section of the same act. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe's embattled farmers are calling on the government to guarantee their safety so they can resume operations after a week of attacks and looting by pro-government militants. The Commercial Farmers' Union said in a statement Thursday more than 45 farms in Doma, Mhangura and Chinhoyi have been devastated by the militants at an estimated cost to farmers of $18 million. But the government continues to blame the farmers for the chaos. Zimbabwe's High Court also said today it will decide Friday whether to grant bail to 21 white farmers accused of inciting violence during an August sixth attack on a farm by black militants. The lower court denied them bail last week, but the farmers' lawyers appealed to the High Court in Harare. The lawyers argue there are no grounds to believe the farmers will leave or interfere with the investigation into the attack, which sparked the recent wave of violence in the country.
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